Zhang Hongjun

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Zhang Hongjun (张鸿钧)
Alias(es)	Divine Lord Hongjun; self-proclaimed sole king of the God Race; called “Demon King” and “False God” by opponents 277 300 313.
Species/Race	Artificial humanoid created from an incomplete god gene; neither human nor a member of the Insect Race 244 259 276.
Gender	Male 244.
Affiliation	Initially serves Zhang Fan; later commands assimilated Insect Race forces and a purported revived God Race, subsequently identified as false gods 244 269 277 314.
Occupation/Role	Zhang Fan’s protégé; inventor; military commander; leader seeking to restore the God Race 244 259 262 277.
Status	Defeated and placed in a contained confrontation with Pangu; the outcome is not given in the supplied context 313 314.
First Appearance	Chapter 244, “Zhang Hongjun” 244.

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Newly created god-gene humanoid	244	Appears about five years old. Catches and shatters Dumite’s scythe barehanded, then severs Zhang Fan’s barbed tendril.
Trained young warrior	244	After twelve years with Zhang Fan, can use qi, kinetic, psychic, magical, and mental powers and endure an hour of sparring against him. Sophia judges his strength nearly comparable to Super Beast God General Pangu’s.
Consciousness surpassing Zhang Fan’s Overlord Consciousness	262	Envelops the Insect Race’s forces with his consciousness and directs fleets across the Vitter Universe during the campaign against Plague.
White Star Kun	263	Absorbs soul energy from the dark Star Kun and nearby ships, then transforms into a white Star Kun to fight Plague.
Reverted humanoid form	266	Zhang Fan uses the Time Control Device to restore his state from one day earlier, leaving him weak and powerless.
Awakened god-gene powers	268	Kills Zhang Fan with a surprise consciousness attack. Zhang Fan concludes that the earlier kun transformation awakened his god gene.
Planetary-scale psychokinesis	277	Demonstrates his recovered power by moving Atlas’s moon toward the planet and returning it to orbit after devastating the world.

Background / History

Creation and Training

Dumite creates Hongjun using the god gene. Despite his resemblance to an Earth child, Dumite explicitly identifies him as a humanoid lifeform rather than a human. His exceptional strength overturns Zhang Fan’s initial dismissal of him: he destroys Dumite’s weapon and injures Zhang Fan during their tests 244.

Zhang Fan names him Zhang Hongjun and takes him to a primitive planet outside Insect Race occupation, where they train for twelve years. Hongjun learns every ability Zhang Fan teaches him and grows into a strapping young man. Zhang Fan eventually declares him ready to act independently and returns with him to the Kronos 244.

His genetic construction is deliberately incomplete. Zhang Fan states that three key gene groups were removed, while Pangu later confirms that the incomplete gene chain limits Hongjun’s power and warns against letting him obtain the complete god gene 259 276.

Earthfire Fortress and the Plague Outbreak

Seeing the Insect Race struggle against Earthfire Fortress on Lucius Star, Hongjun asks Kaina to let him attack. When she repeatedly refuses, he knocks out a Barton soldier, steals his uniform, and bluffs his way aboard a landing craft by claiming to be acting under Kaina’s orders 244.

Hongjun destroys a bunker and fights General Kate, whose experience cannot fully compensate for the young warrior’s speed and strength. He abandons the assault when an illness incapacitates the Insect Race, realizing Zhang Fan may also be in danger. Back aboard the Kronos, he stabilizes Zhang Fan with qi and attacks the virus using thought energy; Zhang Fan awakens and identifies Plague as responsible 245.

Inventor and Increasingly Independent Commander

Hongjun claims he can construct the Time Control Device in fewer than three days if given the materials. Zhang Fan considers the claim credible because Hongjun may retain inherited memories from the god gene 246.

He later develops reconnaissance and energy-detection devices and receives responsibility for operations against Varagon. Zhang Fan uses this assignment as a test of how Hongjun behaves when given power, leaving Soraya to monitor him 259.

His initiative also begins to undermine military discipline. He recalls Pangu’s army without Zhang Fan’s permission; although the reinforcements prove useful, Zhang Fan is disturbed that Pangu obeyed without verifying the order 257.

Campaign Against Plague and Betrayal

Hongjun recognizes that Plague’s expanding black mist gains strength by consuming planets. Over Soraya’s objections, he orders six black obsidian charges detonated to destroy the galaxies inside the mist and remove its supply of matter. Zhang Fan narrowly escapes the blast, which also destroys nearby warships 262.

The plan works, but exposes a greater danger: Hongjun’s consciousness has quietly enveloped the Insect Race’s forces and exceeds Zhang Fan’s Overlord Consciousness. Zhang Fan considers killing him, then holds back because Hongjun is still successfully carrying out the campaign against Plague 262.

When Plague becomes a dark Star Kun, Hongjun orders the fleet away, absorbs soul energy, and transforms into a white Star Kun to confront him. After Zhang Fan kills Plague, he uses the Time Control Device to return Hongjun to humanoid form 263 265 266.

Hongjun subsequently kneels and asks forgiveness for his unauthorized actions. While Zhang Fan is distracted and inclined to spare him, an overwhelming consciousness attack kills the Overlord. After resurrection, Zhang Fan identifies Hongjun as his attacker and attributes the sudden increase in power to the awakened god gene 268.

Divine Lord and Artifact Hunt

Following Zhang Fan’s death, Hongjun assimilates a large portion of the Insect Race. Soraya and Pangu preserve an independent force at Six-Star, while Hongjun’s troops fight Mimipa for control of the Time Passage 269.

As Divine Lord, Hongjun pursues the Seven Divine Artifacts and the restoration of the God Race. He prioritizes accessible artifacts over confronting the returned Zhang Fan, reasoning that the Insect Race’s time artifact cannot yet be located 277.

His search for the Spear of Revival leads to Atlas Star. Rather than fight its inhabitants directly, he moves its moon close enough to destroy the atmosphere and devastate the oceans and underwater cities. The artifact is absent from the ruins, prompting him to coerce Priestess Anlin by forcing her to watch her people being killed 277.

Anlin secretly seals the artifacts and broadcasts their locations, hoping to rally resistance. Hongjun anticipates her move and treats the broadcast as a way to make the universe search on his behalf, while retaining her people as leverage to break the seals 278.

War Against Zhang Fan’s Coalition

Zhang Fan’s schemes help turn the Element Race, Black Market, and other factions against Hongjun. Attempts to recover allies or divide the opposition fail, pushing Hongjun toward military action 300 301.

Hongjun attacks the Black Market while using an apparent threat against the Element Race to draw Taita forces away from their territory. Zhang Fan traps the Black Market attackers in alternate-dimensional space and restores the dormant Overlord Consciousness in two-thirds of them, reclaiming those warriors. Hongjun’s true offensive devastates the Taita Star Region 302 303.

Hongjun later conceals his plans behind multiple fleets and false energy signatures. He prepares Blade to stall an invasion of the Capital Star while a sinister double works toward opening a gateway and restoring the God Race. The double describes the two as the same self 305 306.

During the invasion, Zhang Fan locates the double at the Golden Gate, severs its mental connection to Hongjun, and takes control of it. Hongjun remains unaware that the gate-opening operation has been compromised 309 310.

Defeat and Destruction of His Forces

Hongjun expects the sacred gate to make his faction invincible. Instead, its divine power strengthens Zhang Fan and spreads through the Insect Race. Zhang Fan returns, overwhelms Hongjun, and confiscates his rebuilt Time Control Device 312 313.

Hongjun pleads for his forces to be spared. He claims that his attack on Zhang Fan was accidental, that he took Zhang Fan’s body to revive him, and that the shadow split from him after he devoured that body. These explanations are presented as Hongjun’s account, not independently established motives 314.

He also reveals that his Twelve-Sided Cube project lacks the Judgment Dragons’ genes. Valaya disputes the premise of his restoration effort, and Zhang Fan concludes that Hongjun’s creations are false gods rather than the original God Race. Zhang Fan destroys those forces, then contains Hongjun and Pangu within an energy barrier for a confrontation that prevents Hongjun from detonating himself 314.

Appearance

• Child form: Resembles a human boy of about five years old, despite being an artificial humanoid 244.
• Young adult form: Becomes a strapping young man after twelve years of training 244.
• Star Kun form: Transforms into a white giant kun during his battle with Plague 263 265.

Personality

Hongjun initially combines curiosity, confidence, and impatience. He enjoys testing his abilities, wants to spar with Pangu, and refuses to abandon his desire to fight at Earthfire Fortress. His early loyalty is also practical: when the plague threatens Zhang Fan, he leaves the battlefield to save him 244 245. His inventions reflect a broader curiosity about the universe, which he describes as containing too many things he wants to learn 259.

His independence develops into disregard for authority. He issues unauthorized military orders and defends the black obsidian detonation as the only sensible response, even though it nearly kills Zhang Fan 257 262.

As Divine Lord, he becomes openly cruel and manipulative. He destroys Atlas without confronting its people, enjoys coercing Anlin through executions, and turns her resistance into an advantage 277 278. Nevertheless, restoring his supposed God Race remains more than a claim to power: when defeated, he is willing to die if his surviving creations can be preserved 313 314.

Abilities & Skills

Physical Strength, Speed, and Durability

• Shatters Dumite’s scythe with an unharmed bare hand and cuts through Zhang Fan’s tendril 244.
• Carries a Kamon Beast ten times his size in one hand 244.
• Survives a bunker explosion unharmed and overwhelms General Kate with rapid close-range attacks 245.

Energy Manipulation

Learns Zhang Fan’s qi, kinetic, psychic, magical, and mental abilities exceptionally quickly 244.

• Uses qi to stabilize Zhang Fan during the plague outbreak 245.
• Uses thought energy to attack the infecting virus 245.
• His abilities initially remain below Zhang Fan’s despite his rapid learning 244.

Consciousness Control

• Envelops and commands Insect Race forces with a consciousness stronger than Zhang Fan’s original Overlord Consciousness 262.
• Influences warships from other Vitter civilizations during the containment of Plague 262.
• Kills Zhang Fan through a surprise attack on his consciousness 268.
• Cannot fully assimilate Soraya and Pangu’s independent forces; their Overlord Consciousness barely withstands him 269.
• His barrier around Anlin is eventually breached by Zhang Fan using a consciousness-amplification device 301.

Psychokinesis and Devouring

• Moves Atlas’s moon toward the planet, then restores its orbit after the devastation 277.
• Forces Anlin to watch executions rather than close her eyes 277.
• Devours the King of Mubolan’s essence and, by his later account, Zhang Fan’s body 277 314.

Star Kun Transformation

• Absorbs soul energy from Plague’s dark Star Kun and nearby Vitter ships 263.
• Fights Plague as a white Star Kun 263 265.
• Can be reverted by the Time Control Device 266.
• Later avoids transforming because he expects Zhang Fan to interrupt his energy absorption 312.

Scientific and Tactical Expertise

• Designs covert reconnaissance and high-energy detection devices 259.
• Identifies and removes Plague’s planetary food supply 262.
• Uses the Way of Illusion and Reality taught by Zhang Fan to anticipate enemy reasoning and construct feints 306.
• Creates powerful warriors, including Blade, for his restoration campaign 312.
• His incomplete gene chain restricts his potential; god and demon genes instinctively reject one another 276.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Mystic Energy Detector Ball — A thumb-sized, color-changing detector developed using dark-matter properties. Hongjun claims it can travel anywhere in the universe undetected 259.
• Super Energy Detector — An adjustable detector given to Zhang Fan to locate exceptionally powerful energy and possible fuel for the Time Control Device 259.
• Time Control Device / Time Controller — Entrusted to him for safekeeping before Zhang Fan orders its components separated. Hongjun later possesses a rebuilt device hidden in his throne, which Zhang Fan confiscates 250 312 313.
• Twelve-Sided Cube project — His gene-gathering project, lacking the Judgment Dragons’ genes when he explains it to Zhang Fan 314.

Relationships

• Zhang Fan — Mentor and father figure who names and raises him. Their bond collapses into betrayal and war; Zhang Fan later defeats him and destroys his forces 244 268 313 314.
• Dumite — Creator and scientific rival. Hongjun mocks his progress on the Time Control Device and jokingly calls him his disciple 244 246.
• Sophia — Aunt-like caretaker whom he calls “Aunt Sophia”; she praises his progress and helps oversee his upbringing 244.
• Kaina — Called “Aunt Kaina.” Her refusal to authorize his first assault prompts his disguise and unauthorized departure 244 245.
• Pangu — Trainer, sparring partner, and protector whom Hongjun calls “Big Brother.” Later resists his control and confronts him after his defeat 269 313 314.
• Soraya — Assigned to assist and monitor him. Opposes the black obsidian detonation and preserves forces outside his control 259 262 269.
• Anders — Serves as his adviser and fleet commander, but ultimately receives reclaimed Insect Race warriors under Zhang Fan 277 300 303.
• Anlin — Captive priestess coerced into assisting his artifact hunt. Becomes his enemy after the execution of her sisters 277 278 301.
• Sitasia — Atlas’s surviving heir and a committed enemy following her homeworld’s destruction. Helps unite the Element Race against him 277 279 300.
• The shadow — A split counterpart sharing his identity and restoration plans. Hongjun claims it emerged after he devoured Zhang Fan’s body; Zhang Fan isolates and takes control of it 306 309 310 314.
• Blade — A carefully designed warrior and subordinate who refuses Hongjun’s retreat order and is defeated by Pangu 312 313.

Notable Quotes

“Under those circumstances, my method was the only sensible course of action.” 262

“I'm a practical man. My goal is to restore the God Race.” 277

“Overlord, I was wrong. Please spare the God Race.” 314

Trivia

• Zhang Fan requests that Hongjun’s body serve as the template for a replacement body, with human physical features removed in favor of Insect Race traits 244.
• A later Earth scout resembles Hongjun closely enough that Zhang Fan blurts out “Hongjun?” The scout mistakes this for Zhang Fan introducing himself; the scout is not established as Hongjun 317 318.